Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-16
A GRRlF RlCR.
The White Wings Beats
The AdveRturer cut
Of Sight.
A Light Wind at the Start,
But a Good Breeze at
the Finish.
TAs white wllgs Covers the coarse IN
FouF Hears and SIX Mluuae..

Ever since The yaset Waite Win
uas launched there has bssa oonsiasrs.
bic earnestly fslt By yachting suthasi.
ass 70 know iasi shat abe vas capable
Of. Great t6inRs Vsrs expected Of hss
Il ses Way Of speed b. her baildsr, Nj.
Andersen. and A. +. Hanford. hsr
owner. Her linea wers oonsssasssd
someuhat after The model Of ths Puri.
tan. and q vas believed thai aas woold
possess some Of ths elements uf spsea
OF that famous boat % 10 yesterday
her capacity bad really naxer bean
tested, inasunoh as the conditions Of
The races Ia which she has hitherto boen
engaged have not been such a. 20 var.
rant any oOnelusions as TO her abilities
as racer. The raoe Of yesterday. how.
ever, showed two thinRs-shai Ire
white wings is remarkAhly slia boat
u hsavy Wind. and that she e possesaed
= great speed. The race vas for k2l0 =
SIDE and u wss IN the articles Of aeEee-
msnt that unloss the o0arss waa
saiied within four houFa u was 20 BE-
declared no FaOs. This condition waa
insisted upon By the owners Of sha Ad-
ventnfeE, who believed that their hoAa
oonld ontsMil the white Wings In 4
heavy wind. Iha coarse was from the
foot 0f MIL street 10 q buoy placed 81
Point Munroe. or Madison Spit, ana
return, distance Of about swentr-Hva
miles. The time Of starting vas placed
at 10 o'clock. but a. that boar there Wa
nos q Sufficient hFesz - 50 Justify the
Judge In believing thai the course oould
bs covered 10 she allotted four hoaFs.
Do board the White Wings there vas
considerable activity, and much time
vas spent In adjusting the sails. which,
after they we're once 80, alted b per
fection, quite an unusual thing IN new
boaa. The Adventuror. In toe mean
time, was lying quietly moored st lhe
eoathoase, and everything aboat
her beeokaned an cir of oonndenee
and security. About n o'clock the
white Wings was In readiness
and started out for trial amin. AZ
she m0ved away from the wharf she en-
cited many complimentary remarks,
and was heartily ohosred hy the large
ogsvd that had assembled 70 see her oh.
Her graceful lines and the lightness
With which she sat upon the water
made her fAvorite 10 the betting With
those Who pretended 10 be good Judges
Of yachts. The friends Of the AdVen.
tufer, however, readily took ali bets Of.
fered and backed their favoFite with 4
will. From u o'clock on tha hreaRo
gradually freehened, and 81 Z o'cioek
the judges boat, the Loae Fisherman.
steamed oat from the wharf ana
ordered the yachts into position. The
start vas a flying one. and time was
taken az the yachts passed the iudQaa'
boat. Il Ia seldom that q more even
start IA made. ana a. che boats swept
down close hauled aud going rapidly
with the wind blowing fresh from ths
westward, they presented beautiful
sight. The AdvtntureF passed the
iadges' boat about forty-hye seconds
ahead Of ihe white Wings. Il soon be.
came evident that the latter boas
was out-footing and out point
long before the White wings
had eui dovn the Aavsnturer's lead
and was upon even terms with her, and
veil 10 the windward. Slowly but
steadily the white Wings forged ahead
ustil smiths Cove was reached, when
she ran Rt least q quarter ef q mila
ahead Of the Adventnref and about an
equal distance 10 windward. Az this
point the wind suddenly aud without
any warning drew af0und 10 the north
Ia such way ~ 10 entirely reverse ths
position OF The two yachts. TIE Ad-
venturer vas ahe nrat 20 catch the fruah-
sninR wind FROM the north and ahe rap.
idly overhanled aud pessed the White
wings % wipdWard. Her lead, hog-
ever, did not last long, for as soon -
the Last mentioned boat caught the wind
fairly shs seemed 20 shake herself like
> thing Of life and started after her an
taRonist a q rats that soon diminished
her lead. When OF Minors addition
The White wings was once more well
in the LEAD, although the struggle
10 get there had been q hard
one. Both boais stood we'll on shore
after rounding the point. and went
alsnR at . FattlinR pace WITH RaM TOP.
sails and flying iiba set. The White
Wings came about hRat. and stood in
towards the lighthouse, while the 40.
vsnturer continued on the sams tack.
This proved q mistake on the part Of
the Adventures, since the White Wings
goa the full benent Of the strong North
wind- sns soon reached ne llehthonse
aud came about and made direct for
the turning buoy. Tho wind vas nos
blowing almoas q gale, and tas white
Wings vas fairly ploging thF0ugh the
vaisF. and leaving the AdventursF fur
Ihsf and further In the rear. TIE
White Wings rounded toe buoy a. I've
minutes after 8, and without TIE
loss Of q second sqnATed away
for bone, with one boar and 3 hllf IN
which 10 make the fun. The wind con
tinued 10 frgmhan and u soon became
necessary 10 take ln ihe Raif topasil.
The AdVenk1ref was obliged % tack
tWice before ROundinR the buoy, which
she tuFned about thiFty.Gva MINUTES
after ths Waite wings. On the Fun
home The white wings showed q clean
pair Of heels 70 She tne, that tried ID
IL vain 20 oveFtake her, and coalinaed
to widen the distance THAI separated
heF frgn the AdyonturoT unsi ths latter
boat Wsa literally cut ef sight. The
msst exciting question 70 ihoss on The
White Wings VS. whsther she Woaid
make 10 IN the foaF h0afA IL Was q
si0ss thing, and most exciting Fnea
aQainst time, but time wan and the
White Wings crossed tbs finish line
Just four hours aud sin inmates after
starting. Although ths race was a Gi@-
appointment In ons wkY, Ia that Il was
nol n0ished 20 ~ 10 divide The wager,
it Demonstrated very clearly the supsEi-
ority Of fba White WinRs. Hhe eaF-
tainiy behaved admirably and showed
hsrssif 70 b 9 very fasf boai. Had IL
Bot been for tha comparatively iiehe
Wind 10 the saTiy part Of the Fses. she
woaid have covered the oourss 10 uuah
isas fhan f0af hours. Ihe racs wils
gfobably Be- saiied over again very soon.
Captsia A. A. Hottie, n. Andersen
and A. 4. HAnfoFd had charge Of ths
white wiEgl. A1d the ereW conMia.ed of
e sara kenney, Noison, Wiltsn, vii
sou and Hall Tee AdVaniurar vas
sailed By CarkAn IL. w. Lake, Who
handed her In good shapa.